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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Archaeological explorations

The apple of Teverya's eye right now seems to be Park Barko, located south of the city right near the Kinneret (right near the Holiday Inn and Malon Hof Gai). It is a wonderful park, still partly under construction. It boasts open green spaces (where my hubby and kids tossed a ball around), a large ampitheater (to be used for concerts?), a nice playground for younger children (swings, slides, climbing structures, etc), a “park etgari” - obstacle course style playground – for older children (this costs 5 NIS per child for Teverya residents, 25 NIS per child for non-residents), and our favorite part: the ruins of the Ancient City of Teverya dating back to the 1st century C.E.

Oh, and ample free parking is available.

We really love the new park, and my kids love “time traveling” - with my youngest yelling “time tunnel!” whenever we enter the ruins. It's really a great way to spend the day, living in a land steeped in history...

My only question is, if this is Teverya's new pearl, WHY is the playground locked until 4 pm (sunset is about 4:35 this week)?!

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I'm a full time mom (of 4 great kids!), with dreams of fun-filled days, easy-breezy baking session that are miraculously clean at the end, creative arts and crafts at the drop of a hat, and lots of fun and educational outings, not to mention relaxing story hours, laughing sessions, and more. We also would somehow fit in all the Torah learning, secular learning, and more that we aim for.
To be honest, our days and weeks never shape up the way I'd imagined, but usually it's good enough, and that's going to have to be ok.
Oh, and we made aliyah a few years ago, and currently reside in a small town in the Jezre'el Valley (Emeq Yizrael) in Northern Israel.
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